girls:
8.2k births since 1970
#1791 (69th percentile)
overall:
8.2k births since 1970
#2971 (62nd percentile)
The name Shakira is the #2,971 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,247 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 61.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 61.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,791 (68.7% percentile) for all time with 8,247 births since 1970.
Shakira first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (first recorded for girls in 1970).
For girls, Shakira reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 48.3% percentile (ranked #463) with 259 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 259 births per million (ranked 48.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2006, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Shakira ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 2.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shakira".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Shakira. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.5% confident that Shakira is pronounced as shuh-KEE-ruh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shuh-KIH-ruh, at 27.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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